Kurdistan

The Ugly American The Ugly American was a political novel written by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer, depicted through different vignettes, how our inability to understand our operational environment, failing to assimilate into another culture along with an inflated sense of superiority can be disastrous to diplomacy abroad. The book really showed how an individual can impact the impression of a culture and a nation on to another country by their ability or inability to integrate themselves…

killings (United Nations 16). In the article Inside Canada’s New War, Michael Petrou shares the stories of those affected by these acts ISIS is committing. He interviews an elderly couple who had to leave their homes to live in a refugee camp in Kurdistan. He writes “Methodically clicking prayer beads as his eyes fill with tears, Mohammed recounts how his son Ali and his daughter Amira were murdered–by being thrown onto the road and driven over with a car. There were three dead, Barack…

democracy in the Middle East. For simplicity in the debate today, I would like to offer the following definitions: According to the BBC world news, the following countries are considered to be middle eastern: Bahrain, Golan Heights, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The Cambridge dictionary defines promote as “to encourage or support something, or to help something become successful. Observation 1:…

In recent decades the United States, and the larger world, has faced a new enemy that has required new policies and laws. Terrorism and the rise of violent, non-state actors has forced the world to quickly adapt to new and more violent warfare against actors that do not adhere to the internationally agreed upon laws of armed conflict. Because of the rapid pace that was required to deal with this new threat, actions were taken that do not represent the values of this country and policies were…

The Iran – Iraq war started in 1980. It was one of the longest wars in the Middle East at that time. Saddam Hussein was the president of Iraq and Ruhollah Khomeini was the Iranian leader. An air invasion kicked off the war on September 22nd from the Iraqis. While some debate that the U.S. helped Iraq win the war, Saddam Hussein is the main reason for a lot of people dying during the war. He used chemical weapons against Iran as well as fellow Iraqis, which resulted in over one million deaths…

Martin Luther King Jr. Was a civil rights activist who advocated for fair treatment of African Americans. He was asked by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to assist in the fight for civil rights in Birmingham, Alabama; where a meeting was to be held. King was arrested as a result of the sit-in at luncheon counters, and while he was in prison, he wrote a letter to a group of clergymen who had criticized his position. This was not the first time he was arrested, nor the last time he…

Introduction The Republic of Turkey is one of many states greatly affected by the current Syrian Civil War, which has also caused an immense displacement of Syrian refugees seeking safety. As a neighboring state, it is burdened by the great influx of refugees, prompting an adjustment on the refugee policy, the state of Syria and the Islamic State. Its foreign policy greatly depends on systemic variables such as geography, alliances, and relative power. According to Joseph Micallef,…

Although highly influential to solidifying the structure of capitalism, Karl Marx blatantly failed to analyze the role of a significant group within society: women. Since Marx emphasized a focus on capitalism as a whole through the underlying economic laws of society, he was unsuccessful in considering the role of interrelated groups past his predominant conflict theory.The oppression of women through this fault has called for the rise of various distinctive feminists groups, such as the lesser…

World Trade Center and the United States declare the war on terror. Led by president George W. Bush the U.S. invade Afghanistan. Zarqawi was injured in battle fighting for al Qaeda and the Taliban. He then fled to Iran in 2002, and then to Iraqi Kurdistan. Once there he joined Ansar al-Islam, a Kurdish jihadist group. His involvement with this group later made his name famous when the United States linked him to connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda which was completely false. They were…

On July 19th 1979 Saddam Hussein began his dictatorship in Iraq and from that day on history was changed. Iraq was in the middle of a religious war between the Sunni’s and the Shi’ites. Sunni’s and Shi’ites continue to have the disagreement about something that happened 1400 years ago after the death of prophet Muhammad. Shi’ites believe that in order to rule you have to be a descendent of Muhammad. Mean while the Sunnis believe otherwise. When Saddam took control of the country their economy…